RAILSCOT | Kilmarnock Shed [3rd]

Place

Kilmarnock Carriage Shed [1st]
Kilmarnock Shed [3rd]

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

This site is immediately north of Kilmarnock station. It was originally a carriage shed and later a locomotive shed. Today it is part of the Ayrshire College.

In the very early days of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway there was an engine shed (Kilmarnock Shed [1st]) immediately north of Kilmarnock Junction and a carriage shed north of Kilmarnock station.

This was later (around 1870?) the site of a four road structure approached from the west with a turntable to the south. This replaced Kilmarnock Shed [1st] and Kilmarnock Shed [2nd]. A new carriage shed Kilmarnock Carriage Shed [2nd] opened in the 'V' Kilmarnock Junction alongside the then new Kilmarnock Works.

In 1877 the Glasgow and South Western Railway relocated its locomotive depot out to the new Hurlford Shed. This had been planned from 1873, in advance of the opening of the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway as extra traffic built up.

The shed remained standing until the 1960s, used for light servicing.

Nearby stations Kilmarnock Kilmarnock [1st] Kilmarnock (St Marnocks) Riccarton and Craigie Hurlford Crosshouse Kilmaurs Barleith Halt Gatehead Springside Cunninghamhead Drybridge Dreghorn Stewarton Galston	Kilmarnock Joint Goods Caledonia Works [2nd] J. Walker Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Shed [1st] Kilmarnock Junction Kilmarnock Joint Shed Britannia Engineering Works Vulcan Foundry [Kilmarnock] Caledonia Works Kilmarnock Power Box Kilmarnock Water Viaduct Portland Forge Hillhead Colliery Bonnyton Pit Tourist/other Caledonia Works Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.